Fifty by Two

Welcome to Fifty by Two, a podcast about music where two friends with very different tastes count down their top fifty albums. James makes a recovery from illness, and we talk about this year's disappointing Glastonbury line-up, the election exit poll, and our 24th favourite albums. Note : we had some problems with James' recording and also our call connection for this one, so some of the discussi...

Welcome to Fifty by Two, a podcast about music where two friends with very different tastes count down their top fifty albums. Sometimes we quite like each others albums. Sometimes one likes the other's, but not the other way. And sometimes we absolutely hate what we've made each other listen to. Which one do you think we have this time? Also features some excellent roundabout chat, and some inacc...

Welcome to Fifty by Two, a podcast about music where two friends with very different tastes count down their top fifty albums. We reach halfway through the series and do something we should have done long ago.  Content Warnings: some explicit language. Full show notes, transcript, and content warnings available at https://50by2.net/2024/06/14/episode-25-26-i-can-see-michael-parkinson/. Hosted...

Welcome to Fifty by Two, a podcast about music where two friends with very different tastes count down their top fifty albums. In Episode 24, we discuss one of history's most reviled bands, and one of rock's most legendary vocalists. Glen teaches everybody how to count, and James is impressed by anger levels. Content Warnings: some explicit language in music clips. Full show notes, transcript, and...

Welcome to Fifty by Two, a podcast about music where two friends with very different tastes count down their top fifty albums. James and Glen get into a room together to talk about naming children and their 28th favourite albums. Does James have a new favourite band? And what does Glen think of Marmite? Content Warnings: none. Full show notes, transcript, and content warnings available at https://...

Welcome to Fifty by Two, a podcast about music where two friends with very different tastes count down their top fifty albums. Strange appearances by acclaimed actors on gameshows; the worst kind of PE teacher; celebrity friends; encounters with wildlife; celebrity deaths... all of this (and two albums) on episode 22. Content Warnings: some explicit language. Discussions about depression, suicide,...

Welcome to Fifty by Two, a podcast about music where two friends with very different tastes count down their top fifty albums. We have a new theme tune, and James and Glen discuss iconic moments, iconic fashions, video game frustrations, the final resting place of Disney Princesses, and two albums. Content Warnings: some explicit language and adult themes. Full show notes, transcript, and content...

Welcome to Fifty by Two, a podcast about music where two friends with very different tastes count down their top fifty albums. A break from the countdown for another special: live albums are excluded from the series-proper, but we pick one each to make each other listen to and talk about. Content Warnings : some minor explicit language. Full show notes, transcript, and content warnings available a...

Welcome to Fifty by Two, a podcast about music where two friends with very different tastes count down their top fifty albums. James struggles through another heavy album, and Glen tries to keep the episode length down to adhere to manufacturing restrictions. Content Warnings: mild explicit language. Full show notes, transcript, and content warnings available at https://50by2.net/2024/03/22/episod...

Welcome to Fifty by Two, a podcast about music where two friends with very different tastes count down their top fifty albums. In this episode, Glen drops some hot music theory and searches for a klaxon sound effect, and James asks: "why?" Content Warnings: minor description of surgery on a baby (at roughly 8-10 minutes). Full show notes, transcript, and content warnings available at https://50by2...

Welcome to Fifty by Two, a podcast about music where two friends with very different tastes count down their top fifty albums. Would you be a better wrestler or darts player? This one came out longer than planned, but with good reason. We discuss childbirth, Christmas, speeding, hot chocolate, the ins-and-outs of comedy and free speech, and the usual two albums. Content Warnings: discussion of chi...

Welcome to Fifty by Two, a podcast about music where two friends with very different tastes count down their top fifty albums. We tap up two Irish solo artists for this episode. James finds some depressing music not depressing, and Glen is forced to reveal one of his most surprising secrets about his tastes. Over twenty-six hours of this, everybody. Content Warnings: some explicit language late on...

Welcome to Fifty by Two, a podcast about music where two friends with very different tastes count down their top fifty albums. When is a street corner not the street corner it appears to be? How big is Yorkshire? What does the world's greatest ever squash player have to do with any of this? What if Jarvis Cocker sounded a bit more like Roy Orbison? Where is your Mercury Bingo Card? Content Warning...

Welcome to Fifty by Two, a podcast about music where two friends with very different tastes count down their top fifty albums. We start a new year with a special award for James, and - as expected - talk about two albums. One, critically considered one of the best of its decade, the other might not even actually exist. We also return to the question: what is the worst band name ever? Content Warni...

Welcome to Fifty by Two, a podcast about music where two friends with very different tastes count down their top fifty albums. Two giants of music history clash in this episode, and one host fails to complete their homework on time. We give mentions to some of our favourite YouTubers, discuss some niche anatomy, and wonder what day it is.  Content Warnings : some explicit language in music cl...

Welcome to Fifty by Two, a podcast about music where two friends with very different tastes count down their top fifty albums. It's Christmas, and we fulfil seasonal obligation (or, as James would have it, celebrate the most wonderful time of the year) by talking about six Christmas songs. Content Warnings : some mild explicit language. Full show notes, transcript, and content warnings available a...

Welcome to Fifty by Two, a podcast about music where two friends with very different tastes count down their top fifty albums. This episode, we suffer from a short recording turnaround, and would both have liked longer than the four days we had with these albums. We begin what will become an ongoing discussion on the worst band names in history, drop a pen into the abyss, and postpone niceties. Co...

Welcome to Fifty by Two, a podcast about music where two friends with very different tastes count down their top fifty albums. On with the countdown, with - as is becoming usual - two very different albums. We also take some time to examine the top fifty albums of all time, according to sales numbers. How many will we talk about in this series? Content Warnings : spoilers for Titanic . Full show n...

Welcome to Fifty by Two, a podcast about music where two friends with very different tastes count down their top fifty albums. We get into the top forty, bringing very different albums to the discussion. Episōdo o o tanoshimi kudasai!  Content Warnings : some (difficult to hear) explicit language in song lyrics in the first half; very probably some explicit language in Japanese, but honestly...

Welcome to Fifty by Two, a podcast about music where two friends with very different tastes count down their top fifty albums. Hotdog. Jumping frog. Albuquerque. A break from the countdown as we share and examine the first albums that we owned. We didn't choose these albums; they chose us. Content Warnings : minor reference to adult themes (first half); minor drugs reference (second half). Full sh...

Welcome to Fifty by Two, a podcast about music where two friends with very different tastes count down their top fifty albums. With the Rumours Coefficient at 10, James and Glen go to war, pulling out the Most Opposite (TM) albums so far. Will either of us survive?  Content Warnings : some coarse language and adult themes scattered through the second half (we're mostly quoting). Full show not...

Welcome to Fifty by Two, a podcast about music where two friends with very different tastes count down their top fifty albums. It's Transfer Deadline Day, and we get distracted for a while lamenting the absence of Harry Redknapp leaning out of a Range Rover. Glen visits an old friend, and James steps outside of his demographic.  Content Warnings : one pretty early mild expletive. It's "piss"....

Welcome to Fifty by Two, a podcast about music where two friends with very different tastes count down their top fifty albums. This episode, the hosts come in undercooked and end up discussing Waterloo Station, Eurovision, misplaced faeces (not a typo), and Christmas music. As well as two albums, of course. Content Warnings : none. Full show notes, transcript, and content warnings available at htt...

Welcome to Fifty by Two, a podcast about music where two friends with very different tastes count down their top fifty albums. In this episode, James and Glen find that talking about albums is less fun when they both like them, so instead explore some tangents and take a shallow dive into Contemporary Christian Music. Note : the audio quality is not as good as usual this episode – for which we apo...

Welcome to Fifty by Two, a podcast about music where two friends with very different tastes count down their top fifty albums. Our hosts get out of their depth in an unfamiliar genre; James gets bored, and Glen springs a surprise. Content Warnings : explicit content in music clips with themes of gang violence and misogyny. Full show notes, transcript, and content warnings available at https://50by...